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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 50 through.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 21, Grant described the assault and capture of ____________.
(a) Fort Scott.
(b) Fort David.
(c) Fort Henry.
(d) Fort Stewart.

2. On another occasion, Grant saw a man drawing water from a tree that had fallen in the river and questioned him before discovering what?
(a) He was deaf.
(b) He was actually the Confederate President.
(c) He was actually a slave.
(d) He was actually a Confederate soldier.

3. During a brief leave to go home, Grant wrote a letter to Adjutant-General Colonel L. Thomas, saying that he'd been educated at the government's expense and now wanted to do what?
(a) Die for his country.
(b) Leave the country.
(c) Be a school teacher.
(d) Serve.

4. Grant wrote a lengthy letter outlining a new plan to move all the Union troops how?
(a) In opposite directions and campaigns.
(b) In several different ways.
(c) Toward several different goals.
(d) In tandem to a central goal.

5. In what role did Grant meet Lincoln for the first time?
(a) He was Lieutenant General in command of the Union Army.
(b) He was Commander-in-Chief in command of the Union Army.
(c) He was General in command of the Union Army.
(d) He was Lieutenant Colonel in command of the Union Army.

Short Answer Questions

1. The march began with a supply of _________ days' rations, a supply of ammunition and a herd of cattle being driven along with the army.

2. Was the request granted?

3. In Chapter 20, Grant's troops came under fire for the first time at Belmont and he said they reacted how?

4. Grant noted after the surrender of Vicksburg that the men taken prisoner did what regarding the Union Army?

5. General Burnside found himself in distress for what?

(see the answer key)

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